Safari to Paraa and Chobe in Uganda Dec8-11 2015

Our handsome tour guide on the ferry up to Murchison Falls.
We are once again on the Nile river.

This sign is posted everywhere. No feeding the wild animals!
Does that include the tour guide?

The first animal, a cute monkey begging for food on the road.

Not so cute baboon, begging.

Looks like an old guy waiting for someone to bring him dinner!

When we got close up with the giraffe Ralph thought they were
quite regal as they moved, very smooth and graceful.

African Buffalo. Usually with a couple of birds. 

Haartebeest. Not misspelled. 

We all decided these were quite homely! They can run 80 kph!

The Paraa lodge. Very nice and modern, but color to the water
so they gave us bottled water each day. Probably water right
from the Nile.

This guy has a sore on his neck probably from fighting.

Warthog

We saw lots of these warthogs and they were not pretty!
Have a speed of 55kph

Dik Dik They are quite small and this guy needed to have braces
on his horns. They are growing in the wrong direction.
Warthogs behind him.

More African buffalo or sometimes called cape buffalo.

These can be quite aggressive and can run 57kph! The white
bird are always nearby. They can find insect for their meals
in the turned over dirt from the buffalo's hoof.

The first elephant we spotted. Because he is alone he old and
and probably close to dying. They are driven out from the herd.

Crazy Muzungus taking pictures.

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I thought this guy had on a white sweatband but it is his ears.
They are white.

I think this may be a Kob.

More giraffes

Hippos in the Nile. They stay in the river all day and then at nite
come out to eat grass. Speed 30kph

May be a water buck. Looks like Utah elk.

Pres Chatfield and senior missionaries relaxing.

Paraa lodge from the back.

Crocodile Not very fast 15kph. We watched a duck come close
and wondered if he would be dinner. Croc not hungry.

More monkeys

Hippos

Murchison Falls, Spectacular!!

Most of our elephant pic are from behind because as soon as they
see us they take off.

The hippos are huge almost like an elephant.

Monkey but don't know which.

This is E/S Johnson from Ethiopia by an elephant toy tree.
They say the elephants will swing these around with their trunk.

Our view from our room in Chobe of the Nile.

Last day and ready to get back to work. But what a great trip!!
with nice accommodations and meals included, so we all overate!

One last pic of the Nile river.

Handover in Amuria County with Musa Ecweru, minister of disaster relief

Just another bike load. This man is delivering milk! He fills the
white plastic with however much you want of raw milk. We see
many of these in the morning. The milkman!

This is Musa at our first handover in Soroti area. We always
hand out mosquito nets to mothers with babies first. Then older
women and last the single men who don't have a wife with a net.
Friday, Dec 4, 2015

We try to find the very oldest for Sis Howard to personally hand
her a net. Everyone is very thankful. Malaria is a huge problem
in this area because of so much water.

Another grateful mother. We are at Ajota school, where we
gave out about 500 nets.

Elder Howard trying to find a way to be useful.

He finds a diversion! A bike that is very useful.

The bike owner has made a portable grinder. He will come and
sharpen your knives, no matter how far away.

E Howard was very impressed with this whole set up! He even
has a movie of all the workings.

An assistant giving E Howard a demonstration!

He seems proud to show a Muzungu the set up.

The bike owner, knife sharpening businessman!

He sharpened several knives during the handover.
Imagine how happy the mothers are to go home
with a net and sharp knives!

Another handover in Opiriai and Amoru villages, Sis Howard
and Musa have gathered the older woman. 

All are thankful and appreciative!

The kids have gathered to check out the Muzungus. The truck with
nets in the background.

This is Musa's personal bodyguard. He was with us as
we did the hoes our first month in Uganda.

Just a small handover near Musa's compound in Amuria county...

where we picked up more nets that had been stored.

Saturday, Dec 5, 2015
Aten, Olagai, and Aciloa villages. During the handover a woman
in the crowd had an epileptic seizure. 

Another 500 nets handed out here!

A cute little family waiting for a mosquito net. Hopefully 2!

We saw this young woman coming from quite a distance. She is
handicapped and gets around by dragging her useless legs behind .

We talked with her and her brother. Her mother has died and she lives
with her brother. She is 17 years old. We have contacted Pres Owidi
in Mbale who is helping us with this. This young sister could
benefit from a wheelchair!

2 small villages, Olianai and Alakaituk and 400 nets given.

Anzaro and Osekai villages, about 500 nets given here.

I am reaching out to a mother whose name is Magdalenia. Pretty
close to Madilyn. She was thrilled to have the same name.

Handing my namesake a net,

It has been a long day and we have given many nets.

Never too tired to take another pic of a bike load. I think this
is the local tupperware dealer!

After that last handover, Musa decided we had time for one more.
They introduced Musa here as the 'Son of the Soil' Musa saved these
people from the crazy Idi Amin. Everyone loves him! When we
had finished we had handed out approximately 4,000 nets!!
Hopefully a great blessing and help for these wonderful people.

We returned to this hotel every nite to sleep in comfort. A bed,
mosquito net, but no electricity the first 2 days. So we were
kind of camping. Ralph got eaten by bedbugs!! I don't know how
they missed me! Thank Heavens!!! We were even in the same bed!

When we got home I decorated a small tree and got ready for the
Christmas season! Then we took off the next day for Safari!